London – The Action  Group
A report titled “The Painful Harvest” issued by the Action Group for Palestinians in Syria revealed the significant suffering experienced by the Raml camp in the city of Latakia during the years of the Syrian conflict, where dozens of victims and detainees were recorded, although the numbers appeared relatively lower compared to major Palestinian camps like Yarmouk and Khan al-Shih.
The report, which covers the period from March 2011 to December 2024, documents what it describes as the “systematic targeting” of Palestinian families in an area that was considered one of the more relatively stable regions of the Syrian coast.
*Victims and Ongoing Suffering*
According to the data in the report, the Action Group documented the deaths of 42 individuals from the Raml camp, including 38 males and 4 females, in addition to dozens of those injured with permanent disabilities due to the shelling and clashes that intermittently affected the camp.
*Arrests and Missing Persons*
The report documented 53 cases of arrest among camp residents, including 49 men and 4 women, while 8 detainees died under torture, and 12 cases of enforced disappearance were recorded, compared to 15 cases of release.
*Harsh conditions and humanitarian decline*
The report indicated that the camp witnessed arrest campaigns targeting Palestinian activists and young people, alongside increasing security restrictions on the movement of residents, and a deterioration in living and humanitarian conditions, which forced many families into forced migration.
*Testimonies from camp residents*
The report conveyed testimonies from camp residents reflecting the extent of their suffering, including one saying: “We thought that Latakia would protect us, but the suffering has reached us too,” while another stated: “We lost our children between the shelling and the prisons, and all that remains of the camp are memories.
*” Comparison to other camps*
, Compared to the Raml camp ranked seventh among Palestinian camps in terms of the number of victims and eighth in terms of the number of detainees, classifying it as a medium-damage camp on the Syrian coast.
*The Recommendations of the Group*
The Action Group for Palestinians in Syria, at the end of its report,  called on  to reveal the fate of the forcibly disappeared, to release arbitrary detainees, to compensate affected families, and to rebuild the camp while providing psychological and social support to survivors.
The group confirmed that the suffering of Palestinians in Syria extended to all their gatherings without exception, emphasizing the importance of uniting humanitarian and legal efforts to assist the affected and to seek justice for the victims.
*For the full report:*https://actionpal.org.uk/ar/reports/special/statistics_report.pdf